So I have been thinking about this for years, and it has come up sporadically during that time in other conversations, but now I finally decided to start a thread about it.
Often, at least in recent Kings history, there are one or two players on the team that are the offensive initiators and creators whose field goal percentages (and overall efficiencies) are average to below average. Meanwhile, there are one or two players on the team who generally don't create offense for themselves or others, but whose field goal percentages (and overall efficiencies) are well above average. The comment is often made to get those efficient players more shots and have the inefficient players take fewer shots.
My question is how realistic is this request? On the surface it seems obvious that doing this would increase offense, but is it easier said than done? How much of a negative effect would there be by taking the ball out of the hands of the initiators? How dramatically would the scoring efficiencies drop if a super-efficient player suddenly got a lot more attempts within the offense?
This obviously applies to the current Kings situation with Martin shooting so well and others not as much (e.g. Artest, Bibby). Feel free to use current or previous Kings as examples since there are plenty (Martin, Miller, Stojakovic, Artest, Bibby, Webber, etc), or other NBA examples. However, I'm more curious about what you all think of the topic in general rather than arguing over any specific player vs player discussions.
Often, at least in recent Kings history, there are one or two players on the team that are the offensive initiators and creators whose field goal percentages (and overall efficiencies) are average to below average. Meanwhile, there are one or two players on the team who generally don't create offense for themselves or others, but whose field goal percentages (and overall efficiencies) are well above average. The comment is often made to get those efficient players more shots and have the inefficient players take fewer shots.
My question is how realistic is this request? On the surface it seems obvious that doing this would increase offense, but is it easier said than done? How much of a negative effect would there be by taking the ball out of the hands of the initiators? How dramatically would the scoring efficiencies drop if a super-efficient player suddenly got a lot more attempts within the offense?
This obviously applies to the current Kings situation with Martin shooting so well and others not as much (e.g. Artest, Bibby). Feel free to use current or previous Kings as examples since there are plenty (Martin, Miller, Stojakovic, Artest, Bibby, Webber, etc), or other NBA examples. However, I'm more curious about what you all think of the topic in general rather than arguing over any specific player vs player discussions.